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CLOTH-PRESSING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 565,071, dated August 4, 1896.

Application filed October 21, 1393. Serial NO 4881785. (NO model.)

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Be it known that I, DAVID GESSNER, of -Worcester, in the State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cloth-Pressing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

In the accompanying drawings,Figure l is an elevation of the righthand end of the machine with the parts in pressing position, at which end the drivinggears are placed. Fig. 2 is a detail of the parts driving the folder and delivery-roller. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the left-hand end of the machine with the parts in pressing position. Fig. i is a detail of the bed-plate carriageupon its guideway. 5 isanother detail. Figs. 6 and 7 are end views of the machine, showing the beds in two positions, for pressure and thrown back to release pressure and break contact, with certain of the parts omitted. Fig. 8 is a plan of the right-hand or driving end of the ma-' chine. Fig. 9 is a front view of the same. Figs. 10, 1i, and 12 are details of the driving mechanism. Fig. 13 is a detail of the adjusting-cam. Figs. 14, 15', 16, and 17 are details of the bed-plate. Fig. 18 shows the arrangement with an endless apron. Fig. 19 is a detail showing the bed-plate disconnected from its operating-lever and in position for removal of the cylinder. Fig. 20 is a plan of the baseplate. Fig. 21 is a horizontal section of one of the end members of the boxframe detached. Figs. 22, 23, and 24: are details of a modification of the friction arrangement for operating the shaft 27. Fig. 25 is an end view of a modified construction permitting of further backward movement without disconnecting the bed-plates from the levers. Fig. 2G is a detail of the boxframe and stand. Figs. 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and 33 are details of various means of adjustment in the trains of mechanism between the shaft 23 and the bed-plates.

This invent-ion relates to improvements in the class of machines shown in Letters Patent granted to me, No. 484,971 and No. 59,372, in which the cylinder is mounted in stationary bearings upon the frame. Two bed-plates are provided on opposite sides of the cylinder. Each bed-plate is mounted upon carriages which slide on guideways secured to the frame. Mechanism is provided Fig.

connecting each bed-plate with the frame for moving the bed-plates positively to and from the cylinder, and mechanism is provided for guiding or conducting the cloth to and from the pressing-surfaces.

This invention relates to various parts of the machine, and the forms in which 1 prefer to construct it may be described as follows:

.Vccm'zs of supporting cylinder and bed plates.-l is a baseplate which underlies the whole machine and is made of a continuous casting. This base-plate is shown in Fig. 2i to be made of a single casting having parts 2 and 3, upon which the end boxed members 6 and 7 of the upright frame are mounted. The base-plate also contains the girders 4., castwith the parts 2 and An extension 5 projects from one end of the base-plate, with which it is cast in one piece, for supporting the stands that hold the driving-gear. Upon this baseplate at 2 and 3 are erected the end members 6 and 7 of the frame, which are connected together by the girder 8, which is secured to the opposite end members of the frame by suitable bolts. The end members of the frame contain central upward projections 9, upon the top of which are the bearings for the cylinder 15. On each side of each of these upward projections is mounted a guideway to receive a carriage 13 at one end of abed-plate. 1G and 1? are the bed-plates. These guideways are numbered 10 in the drawings, and a description, referring to Figs. 3 and 4, of one of them and its connections with the bed-plates and frame will answer for all. The guideways are cast in one piece with the web 11 and the flanges 12, which are bolted to the top of the frame, the guideways being preferably inclined at an angle with the flanges 12, so that, as shown in Fig. 3, the guideways will be inclined downwardly away from the cylinder.

13 is a member fitting over the guideways, which forms the carriage for the end of the bed-plate, to which it is bolted by the bolt 1a. A more detailed description of the bed-plate will be given hereinafter.

Each of the end members of the frame 6 and 7 is hollowed or boxed, as shown in Fig. 25, sufficiently to receive the actuating-levers and their bottom connection, and each is provided with a removable panel 6 7, Figs. 1, 3, 21, and 25,: both front and back, permitting the insertion or removal of the levers. In Figs. 6, 7, and 9 the panel is shown as removed. The end member 6 of the boxed frame is provided with an opening 6 for the insertion of the brush and through which the brush-shaft 87 extends to the outside pulley 91, so that the frame member 6 has an opening in one direction for the levers and an opening in a transverse direction for the brush-shaft. struction, whereby the operating-levers are inclosed within boxed end members of the frame, possesses advantages of great impor tance. It greatly increases the strength and rigidity of the whole structure. It incloses the levers. It enables the other operative parts of the machine tobe disposed to best advantage, either inside or outside the end members of the frame, without conflict inany way with the movement of the levers. Thus, if the end members of the frame were not boxed the following parts, located as shown, would obstruct the path of the levers if placed outside, viz: the belts 88- and 90, sprocket-chain 94, shaft 39, and other parts shown in Fig. 11, shaft 45, and other parts shown or not shown in the drawings. If placed between theend. frames, the vibration of the levers would be obstructed by the following parts,.viz: rolls for guiding the cloth,

tionary bearings and the two bed-plates. are

mounted upon guideways secured to the frame and that the bed-plates may be slid to and from the cylinder to any distance desirable, which is limited by the length that the constructor makes theguideways. It remains todescribe-themechanism-bywhichthismovement of the bed-plates is accomplished.

Mechanism for actuating bed-pZates-To the rear of each bed-plate at each end is shackled a connection-rod 18, which at the opposite end is shackled to the topor short arm of the vertical lever 19. This connectionrod 18 is screw-threaded, right andleft, to the shackles 18 18 so that its available length may be adjusted. Each of the levers 19 is fulcrumed at 20, near the top of the frame, and extends down intothe interior of the boxed end member of the frame to near the base-plate,at which point there is pivoted; to it a horizontal link 21, also located in the in.- terior of the frame, which link has pivoted at its opposite end a double head 22, fixed upon a horizontal shaft 23'. The boxed-end member, which is connected with the baseplate, therefore provides a form of support for both. ends of the pin or fulcrum 20, one support on each side of the lever 19, and on This con- A top of such supports are mounted the bedplatebearings. The two links 21, at the same end of the machine, are pivoted to the same head 22 on opposite sides of the shaft 23, and the same arrangement is duplicated at the opposite ends of the machine. The heads 22 i at both ends of the machine are fixed upon the same shaft 23. The shaft 23 is journaled in stands 23, fixed upon the base-plate at the points 23". (See Figs. 9, 18, and 20.)

Referring now to Figs. 6 and 7, it will be observed that as the shaft 23 is rotated in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 7, the bed-plates will be advanced toward the cylinder until the position of Fig. 6 is reached, when the pressure will be applied to the cloth. When. however, the shaft 23 is turned in the oppo site direction, the pressure will be released and the contact broken at the pressing-surfaces and the beds returned to the position shown in Fig. 7

It remains tO-(lGSGIlzbG the meansby which the shaft 23 is oscillated in either direction Eat will, and preferably independently of whether the cylinder be in operation or at .rest.

For this purpose I preferably communicatethe motion. from the prime mover to 1 the cylinder by a separate train: of mechangism from that by which I communicate the motion from the primemover to the shaft 23. The pulley 24:, Figs. 1, 9, and 12, is aprime mover which is fixed to. a sleeve 25, to which .is also fixed the friction-wheel 26.

27 is a shaft uponwhich is-fixedafriction-wheel 28. i in position to be engaged with or disengaged from the friction-wheel 26 by the vertical movement of the shaft 2.7. To accomplish this vertical movement, I provide a heartcam 29, fixed upon a rock-shaft 30, that may be oscillated by the hand-lever 31,. to which it is connected by the arm 32; and the link 33. The bearing 34 of the shaft 27 is supported upon the top of the heart-cam 29 by the adjustable screw 35-, which is screwed into the and 28 may require.

bottom of the bearing and may be adjusted as the contact between the friction-wheels 20 Upon the opposite end of the-shaft 27 (see Fig. 11 is fixed a miter- I gear 36, with which engage gears 37 and 38.

having their bearings on thecross-shaft 39 and in the forked. arm 40, which in turn forms a bearing for the shaft 27.

Upon the shaft opposite direction. The end lever 42, Figs.

8, 9, and 12, moves the clutch. 4:1 intoengagement with either miter-gear, as may be desired, through the connecting part or link 43.. arm 44, rock-shaft, 4:5, arm 4:6, and lever 47.

On the shaft 39, Figs. 10. and 11, is fixed a worm 48, which engages with the wormrgear- 49, fixed on the shaft 23.

Now it will be observed that by shifting the lever 31 so as to engage the frictional wheels 26 and 28, the shaft 27 will be caused to revolve continuously in one direction. The motion of the shaft 27 will be transmitted so as to revolve the shaft 23 in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 7. By shifting the lever 42 in the opposite direction the motion of the shaft 27 will be transmitted so as to revolve the shaft- 23in the opposite direction. Thenever the resistance to the movement of the shaft 23 is greater than the friction between the wheels 26 and 28, the latter will slip and the further movement of the shaft 23 will be stopped.

Upon the shaft 23 is fixed a segment-gear 50, engaging with a rack 51, which slides in guideways upon the base-plate. At one end of it, namely, the end that advances as the pressure of the bed-plates is released, it abuts against astationary projection 52 on the baseplate, so that the extent of movement of the shaft23 in releasing; the pressure and moving the bed-plates backward is fixed. The abutment 52 may be made adjustable, if desired, by a slot and screw 52. It is desirable that the extent of movementof the shaft 23' in the opposite direction should be adjustable. Therefore, the abutment, to arrest the motion of the rack 51 at the opposite end, consists of the spiral cam 53, fixed to a vertical shaft 54. The surface of this cam 53 consists of a series of steps, as shown in Figs. 1, S), and 13. Corresponding with these steps are a series of notches in the periphery of a dial 55, fixed to the upper end of the shaft 54:. A pushbutton 56 is arranged to cooperate with the notched dial 55, so that by being pushed into any of the notches the corresponding step of the cam 53 will be presented as an abutment to the end of the rack 51. 57 is a handle by which the shaft 54 maybe turned. By this arrangement it will be seen that by setting the shaft 54 in any position shown on the dial the point at which the forward movement of the shaft 23 will be arrested can be fixed as desired. By graduating the cam 53 with suitable fineness the degree of positive pressure given by the bed-plates may be regulated to a nicety.

At whatever position the bed-plates may be brought by the forward motion of their actuating mechanism they will be held by the worm 48, which thus acts as a stop, so that the bed-plates will not recede even when the contact between the friction members is broken, but will remain in pressing position until the worm is turned backward.

I have already mentioned, in the train of mechanism by which the bed-plates are operated, the adjustments at the rods 18, also by the set-screw 35, Figs. 1 and 12, and also by the cam 53. If desired, another adjustment may be made at the double heads 22. Obviously, the distance of each of the bedplates from the cylinder corresponding with a given position of the shaft 23 at either end will depend upon the position in which the double head 22 at that end of the machine is fixed upon the shaft. By 'unfastening the head 22 at either end of the machine from the shaft 23 and turning it either forward or backward and fixing it in the turned position, the distance of the bed-plates at that end of the machine from the cylinder may be made greater or less, and by thus adjusting the double head 22 upon the shaft at one end or the other of the machine, the beds may be adjusted parallel with the cylinder.

An adjustment may also be introduced be tween the lever 19 and the link 21. In Fig. 27 this adjustment is made by dividing the link 21 into two parts, which are connected by a rod 21, screw-threaded right and left, to the two divisions of the link 21. In Fig. this adjustment is made by employing a shackle 21", Fig. 29, which is pivoted to the link 21 and adj ustably bolted to the lower end of the lever 19.

An adjustment may also be introduced between each of the links 21 and the head 22, as shown in Fig. 30, where a sliding box 21 is provided to be pivotally eonnectedwith the end of link 21. This sliding box is mounted in guideways on the head 22, so as to slide to and from the center of the shaft 23, and its position at any adjustment may be fixed by the set-screw 21, screw-threaded to it andrevolubly fixed in the head 22. A graduated scale may be placed on the head 22, adjacent to the sliding box, to record the adjustment.

An adjustment may also be employed by which the four levers instead of being separately adjusted may all be adjusted at once and in unison. Such an arrangement is shown in Figs. 31, 32, and 33, and consists in the following mechanism, by which the set-screws 21 for all four links 21 are moved in unison: Upon each of the set-screws is fixed a bevelgear 21; Upon the shaft 23, adjacent to each head 22, is revolubly mounted a bevel-gear 21*", which couples together the two bevelgears 21 on that head. Thus whenever either of the bevel-gears 21 is moved it will produce a corresponding adjustment of both setscrews on one of the heads 22.

The two bevel-gears 21", at opposite ends of the machine, are coupled together by a shaft 21 revolubly mounted on the heads 22, and which is geared to each of them by a pinion 21, meshing with teeth internally arranged on the bevel-gear 21. The shaft 21 may be turned by a hand-wheel 21 whereupon, obviously, the corresponding adjustment will be simultaneously made in the mechanisms for operating all of the bed plates. The extent of the adjustment may be recorded on a graduating-scale on the bevelgear 21 by a pointer 21 The parts of the frame are so disposed that the motion of the heads 22 is never so great as to cause the shaft 21 to strike any part.

The importance of the universal adj ustment just described is great, by reason of the fact that-the ordinary help in a mill cannot be relied upon to properly adjust the bedplates where that adjustment has to be ac complished at each end of each bed-plate separately.

In the forms already described the backward movement of the beds to the extent shown in Fig. 19 required the unshackling of the rods 18 from the bed-plate, and provision is made, as shown in that figure, in the stand adjacent to each of the rods 18 for throwing that rod and the shackle upward out of the way. hen in the form already described these parts were not unshackled, the throw from the'heads 22 limited the backward movement of the bed-plates substantially to that shown. in Fig. 7. To provide for a further backward movement, I may employ the con struction shown in Fig. 25, which may be described as follows: The heads 22 instead of being made circular, as in Fig. 7, are here made oblong and the links 21 are made of the form shown, so that the extent of possible oscillation of the heads 22 is greatly increased, securing a correspondingly-increased movcment of the bed-plates away from the cylinder. This movement also entailsan increased movement of the levers 1 9, to accommodate which the box-end members 6 and 7 of the frame are properly modified.

A ready means of adj ustmcnt for leveling the bed-blade is provided by moving either of the guideway-castings 10 to or from the central projection 9 of the main framc,whereby the inclined position of the guideway will raise or lower the end of the bed plate resting on it.

As a modification, in lieu of the frictionwheels 26 and 28 and the arrangements for moving. the shaft 27 vertically, I may employ the construction shown in Figs. 22, 23, and 24, of which'the following is a description.

117 is a gear-wheel keyed to the sleeve 25, with which engages a gear-wheel118, running loosely 011 the shaft 27 and carrying a disk 119. Theshaft 27 is mounted in stationary bearings 120, and to it is splined a frictiondisk 121 to engage frictionally with the disk 119. The disk 121 may carry a circular flange 122, overlapping the edge of the disk 11 9, to

exclude oil and other substances from the friction-surfaces. The'disk 121 is shifted by a bell-crank lever 123, controlled by a footlever 12st, to which it is connected by the link 125. This foot-lever is held normally upward by the spring 126. \Vhenever it is de sired to start the shaft 27, the foot-lever 124 is pressed downwardly, so as to engage the friction-disks 119 and 121. Upon the release of the foot-lever the spring 126 causes the disengagement of these disks.

Mechanism for (hiring the cylinder. Through the sleeve 25, which carries the prime moving pulley 24, extends a shaft 58.

Upon this shaft is splined one member 59 of j of the cars 68, 69, 70, 7]., 72, and 73 and of the ,lugs 82 are all in the same plane, substantially. This is of importance, because it afa friction-clutch, which member may be shifted by a lever 60, connected with a rod 61, Figs. 3, 8, 9, and 12, extending all the erator wherever he may happen to be. the other member of the friction-clutch,which 1 way across the front of the machine, so as to be readily accessible to the hand of the opis fixed so as to turn with the primejmover 24. Upon the shaft 58 is fixed a pinion 3. that gears into the gear-wheel 6%. The gearwheel 64: is fixed upon a sleeve 65, that carries the pinion 65, Fig. 10, which drives the 1 it will be observed that the starting and stopping of the cylinder can be accomplished at any position of the bed-plates and the bedplates can be operated by power whether the cylinder is in motion or not.

Construction of bcd-plaies.1n Figs. 14: to 17 I have shown in detail the construction of i bed-plate that I prefer to employ. The working face is adapted to be covered with sheet At the rear of this series of inter- In line with these and 73. Between the Over this sliding block is drawn the truss-red 75, the ends of which project beyond the lugs 70, 71', 72, and 73,

and are provided with suitable nuts 7 6 and 77 for producing the requisite degree of tension. This truss-rod, as-shown, is raised by the block 745 at its center and depressed at its ends, and the faces of the lugs against which its nuts abut are faced off, so as to be about at right angles with the direction of the rod.

By the arrangement just described the block 74 will come and go as the tension is regulated by the nuts 7 6 and 77, so that the operator can regulate the tension from either end of the bed-plate without being obliged to disturb the cloth to get access at the middle, as heretofore. I also prefer to provide a tin or rib 7 8, extending underneath the tensionrod 75, between the fie nges.

At each extremity the bed-plate is provided with a projection 79, which is perforated vertically, as shown in Fig. 16, to receive the bolt 14:, Fig. 4. If desired, beneath the head of this bolt may be placed a cap 80, and under this a spring 81, Fig. 5, to permit of some freedom of movement on the carriage, enabling it to tip to the slightest extent. From the rear of the projection 79 extends a lug S2, to which is shackled the rod 18, by which the bed-plate is connected with the vertical operating-leven It will be observed that the rearward faces- IIO fords support for the bed-plates at all those points as the same are being planed and en ables the construct ion of a more perfectly true bed-plate. It will also be observed that these surfaces are at right angles with the exterior of the surfaces 16 16" at the horns of the bed-plate and with the upper and lower surfaces of the projection 79, so that substantially all of the planed surfaces of the bedplate excepting the circle are either parallel or at right angles with each other, affording great advantages in construction, both as re gards convenience and perfection of Work and affording facility for leveling, the bed-plates.

is a handle swinging in lugs cast to the bed. This handle is in such position that when the bed is lifted by it the center of gravity of the bed will cause it to swing in proper position to be readily placed upon its bearings in the machine. This handle becomes particularly useful in cases where an endless apron is employed in the machine, as shown in Fig. 18, because in such cases the removal or insertion of an apron requires the movement of the bed'plates.

The two rolls 110 and 111 by whichthe endless apron is carried are shown in Fig. 18 as mounted one on each bed-plate, so that the retreat of the bed-plates will carry them backward and cause the apron to slack and thereby break the contact around the cylinder and prevent the cloth from receiving press-marks by being held by the apron in contact with the cylinder.

ilfemzs of driving brushes-86 and 87, Figs. 1, 3, 8, and 9, are the brush-shafts. Upon the shaft 58 is fixed a pulley 88. Upon the shaft 86 are fixed pulleys S9 and 90. Upon the shaft 87 is fixed pulley 91. The pulleys 8S and 8!.) are connected by a belt 88- and the pulleys 90 and 31 by another belt 90. By arranging these belts either straight or cross the direction in which the brushshafts revolve may be controlled.

flferms for jbZcZ/ing the cloth. -Upon the sleeve (35 is mounted a sprocket-wheel 93, which drives the sprocket-chain 9i, which in turn drives the sprocket-wheel 95, Figs. 1, 2, S, and 10, which is on the shaft 96 of the delivery-roll 97, which may be employed either for rolling up the cloth or delivering it to the folder, as may be preferred.

98 is the folder, which is driven by a pin 99 in the face of the gear-wheel 100, which is driven by a gear-wheel 101, splined to the shaft 96, so as to be slid out or in engagement with the gear-wheel 100, as may be desired. When in the position shown in Fig. 2, the folder will be operated, but if it be desired to operate the delivery-roll without the folder it maybe slid upon the shaft, so as to be disengaged from the gear-wheel 100.

I sometimes employ an endless apron 109, Fig. 18, which extends partly around the cylinder and may be supported by the parallel carrier-rollers 110, 111, 112, 113, 114C, and 115, of which one, as 115, may be made adjustable up and down to take up the slack of the endless apron, and another one, as 114:, may be made swiveled, so that it is self-adjusting to make the apron run true.

One or more of the rolls, as and 111, are mounted on the bed-plates, so that the retreat of the bed-plates will carry them backward and cause the apron to slack, thereby breaking the contact around the cylinder and preventing the cloth from receiving press marks by being held by the apron in contact with the cylinder.

To insert or remove an endless apron from a cloth-pressing machine has heretofore been so difficult an operation, in consequence of the construction of the machine, as to almost preclude its use. By constructing the machine as above described, however, the difficulty is obviated. To place the apron in the machine, it is necessary to unshackle the bedplates from the rods 18 by pulling out the shackle-pin and to remove the bolts 14. T hen, by a tackle fastened to the handle 85, lift the beds one at a time until the apron can be slipped over the ends. Then let it down into its former position, and after this has been done with both beds replace the bolts 14 and shackle-pins. As soon as the tackle is de tatched from the handle of the bed-plate of course the apron can be straightened out, so as to cover the whole length of the bed-plate.

To facilitate the above operations, the stands 83 and 84: will preferably be removed, being detachable from the main frame. The rolls 110, 111, 112, 113, and 115 are removable, so that they can be inserted after the apron has been put in place with respect to the beds.

The simplicity of the above operation will be made apparent when it is remembered that the handles of the bed-plates are, as already explained, so placed as that when the bedplate is lifted its position is not otherwise substantially changed, and that the removal of the shackle-pins and their replacement does not necessarily affect the adjustment of the pressing-surfaces, so that, after the apron has been removed and a new one inserted, the adjustment of the pressing-surfaces will be found exactly as it was before.

I 11c v'e shown my invention applied to a machine containing two bed-plates and to each of which the motion of the shaft 23 is transmitted by the links 18 and 21 and the lever 19, but I do not Wish to be understood as limitin g myself to the employment of these parts or to a machine containing two bed-plates.

The members by which the pressure is exerted against the cylinder I have termed bedplates, but I wish to be understood as using this term in a broad sense indiscriminately with press-plates to include members of any construction whereby the cloth is pressed against the cylinder.

The term pressing member as used herein I define as broadly a member of any form or construction containing a cloth-finishing surface, which member is adapted to move to and from another cloth-finishing surface,between which and its own surface the cloth is pressed. The form of pressing member shown in the accompanying drawings is the bed-plate 16 or 17.

I claim 1. In a cloth-pressing machine in combination, a cylinder, a pressing member, an upright boxed frame member carrying supports for one end of the cylinder and pressing member, operating mechanism for said end of the pressing member extending within said boxed frame member, means for supporting the other end of the cylinder and pressing member and means for operating the said other end of the pressing member, substantially as described.

2-. In a cloth-pressing machine in combination a cylinder, a pressing member, a brushshaft, an upright boxed frame member carr ing supports for one end of the cylinder and of the pressing member and of the brushshaft and provided with an opening through which said brush-shaft extends, operating mechanism for one end of the pressing member extending within the boxed frame member, means for supporting the other end of the cylinder and pressing member and means for operating the said other end of the pressing member, substantially as described.

3. In a cloth-pressing machine in combination, a cylinder, a pressing member, an upright boxed frame member, supports for one end of the cylinder and pressing members located outside of said boxed member, thelevcr' 19 extending Within said boxed member, connection between said lever and pressing member, means for operating said lever, means for supporting the other end of the cylinder and means for supporting and operating the other end of said pressing member, substantially as described.

4. In a cloth-pressing machine in combination, a cylinder, a pressing member, a baseplate, two upright boxed frame members mounted upon said base-plate, supports for the cylinder and pressing member located outside of said boxed members, a shaft 23-and means extending interiorly through said boxed members whereby the movement of said shaft is communicated to said pressing member, substantially as described.

5. In a cloth-pressing machine, in combination, the cylinder,the pressing member, mechanism for operating the pressing member, the gearing by which said cylinder and operating mechanism are. driven, a frame consisting of the upright end members'whereon are sup ported the cylinder and pressing member and a base-plate containing the connected parts 2 and 3' for the support of said upright mem bers and the extension 5 outside of said upright members for the supportof said gearing, substantially as described.

6. In a cloth-pressing machine in combination, a cylinder, a pressing member, upright frame members supporting the cylinder, carriagesfor the pressing member,inclin ed guideways 10 interposed between the carriages and said upright members, means for securing said guideways to said upright members and permitting said guideways to be adjusted to and from the cylinder to control the elevation of the pressing member, substantially as described.

7. In a cloth-pressing machine, in combination, a cylinder, two pressing members one on each side thereof, the upright levers 19, connections between the same and the pressing members, the links 21, the shaft 23 and the head 22 fast to said shaft and pivoted on opposite sides of the center to both of said links 21, substantially as described.

8. In a cloth-pressing machine, in combination, a cylinder, a pressing member, a prime mover, a train of mechanism interposed between said prime mover and cylinder and an independently-operative train of mechanism interposed between said prime mover and said pressing member whereby the power of said prime mover may be communicated to the tion, a cylinder, a pressing member, a prime mover, mechanism containing a frictionclutch interposed between said prime mover and said pressing member whereby the continued motion of said prime mover will produce the desired movement of the pressing member and the slipping of the friction-clutch will permit the pressing member to stop in the desired position and an adjustable stop whereby the pressing position of said pressing member may be regulated, substantially as described.

11. In a cloth-pressin g machine,in combination, a cylinder, a pressing member, a prime 'mover, mechanism containing a frictionclutch interposed between said prime mover and said pressing member whereby the continued motion of said prime mover will produce the desired movement of the pressing member and the slipping of the friction-clutch will permit the pressing member to stop in the desired position and a stop whereby the backward movement of said pressing member may be arrested, substantially as described.

12. In a cloth-pressing machine,in combination, a cylinder, twopressing members, a shaft 23, means for actuating the same, heads 22 fixed upon said shaft, mechanism for communicating the motion of said heads to the pressing members and adjusting mechanism interposed bet-ween said heads and said means for actuating said shaft 23 whereby the available throw communicated by said heads to all of said pressing-member-operating mechanisms may be simultaneously controlled, substantially as described.

13. In combination,the bed-plate of a clothpressing machine and a truss-rod; the said bed-plate being provided with longitudinal flanges, GS and 69 extending rearwardly on each side of the truss-rod, also with a support 7 at arranged between said flanges and between the middle of said truss-rod and the back of the bectplate, substantially as described.

14. In combination,the bed-plate of a cloth pressing machine and a truss-rod; the said bed-plate being provided with longitudinal flanges, 68 and 69 extending rearwardly on each side of the truss-rod, also with a support 7:4: arrangedbetween said flanges and between the middle of said truss-rod and the back of the bed-plate, also with an internal stay, 67, extending from front to rear of the bed-plate, substantially as described.

15. A cloth-pressing-machine bed-plate consisting of a shell provided with a concave pressing-surface on the front, a reinforcing longitudinal fin, 7S, projecting at the back and an internal stay, 67, extending across the space within said shell between said fin and said concave pressing-surface, substantially as described.

16. A cloth-pressing-Inachine bedplate having a rear surface extending in one plane substantially to the middle and to both ends, the plane of which surface is substantially parallel with the axis of the curved face.

17. In a cloth-pressin g machine,in combination, the shaft 96, means for drivingthe same, the delivery-roller 97 mounted thereon, the folder 98, the gear 100 by which the folder is vibrated and the gear 101 splined to the shaft 96 in such position as to be movable into or out of engagement with gear 100 by the movement of which the operation of the folder may be arrested while the delivery proceeds, substantially as described.

18. In a cloth-pressing machine in combination, the cylinder, a bed-plate, an endless apron and an apron -distending roll mounted upon the bed-plate whereby the retreat of the bed-plate carries with it the said apron-distending roll and slacks the apron,

I substantially as described.

19. In a cloth-pressing machine,in combination, a cylinder, a pressing member, a prime mover, mechanism containing a frictionclutch and a locking device interposed between said prime mover and said pressing member whereby the continued motion of said prime mover will produce the desired movement of the pressing member and the slipping of the friction-clutch will permit the pressing member to stop in the desired posisaid upright frame members and through and beyond one of them, bearings for said shaft connected with said base-plate parts 2 and 3, the gear at!) upon the end of said shaft 23 which projects beyond said upright frame member, the gear 66 upon the cylinder-shaft outside of said upright frame member and mechanism mounted upon the base-plate extension 5 whereby said gears 49 and G6 are driven, substantially as described.

21. In combination, the cylinder, the two bed-plates one on each side thereof, the levers 19, the base-plate, a support on each side of each lever connected with the base-plate, a pin 20 forming the fulcrum for each lever and having a bearing at each end on said supports, a bed-plate bearing on top of each pair of said supports, a shaft 23, connections between said shaft; each of said levers extending between said supports and mechanism for driving said shaft, substantially as described.

22. In combination, the cylinder, two bedplates one on each side thereof, the levers 19, the base-plate, the upright end frames carrying the bearings of cylinder and bed-plates, the shaft 23 extending between and projecting outside of said frames, connection beween said shaft and said levers, the baseplate extension 5 and means mounted on said baseplate extension whereby said shaft 23 is driven, substantially as described.

23. In a cloth-pressin g machine, in combina tion with the cylinder and a pressing member, the following mechanism for operating said pressing member, viz: a shaft, 39, carrying a worm, 4S, and the bevel-gears 37 and 38, connections between said worm and the pressing member, a clutch, 41, loose on said shaft between said bevel-gears and means for operating said clutch, substantially as described.

24. In a cloth-pressing machine,in combination with the cylinder and a pressing member, the following mechanism for operating the same, viz: a prime mover, a cylinderstarting lever, 60, connections controlled by said lever whereby the power of said prime mover is transmitted to the cylinder, a pressing-member-starting lover, a pressing-memher-reversing lever, 42, connections controlled by said two last-named levers whereby the power of said prime mover is transmitted to said pressing member, to operate the pressing member in either direction independently of the position of said cylinder-startin g lever (50, substantially as described.

25. In a cloth-pressin g macl1ine,in combination with the cylinder and a pressing member, the following mechanism for operating the same, viz: a prime mover, a shaft, 58, a friction connection between said shaft and prime mover, means for making and breaking the same, connections between said shaft and the cylinder, a shaft, 27 a friction connection between said shaft and prime mover, means for making and breaking the same, and connections between said last-named shaft and the pressing member, substantially as described.

26. In a cloth-pressin g machine, in combination with the cylinder and a pressing member, the following mechanism for operating the same, viz: two shafts, 58 and 27 a separate friction mechanism whereby each is driven, means for connectingand disconnecting the parts of said friction mechanisms, connections between one of said shafts and the cylinder and connections containing reversing mechanism between the other of said shafts and the pressing member and means for operating said reversing mechanism, substantially as described.

27. In a cloth-pressing machine, in combination, with the cylinder and a pressing member, the following mechanism for operating the same, viz: a shaft, 58, connections be tween said shaft and the cylinder, a pulley, 24, running loose on said shaft, a gear, 117, fast to said pulley, a shaft, 27, connections between the same and said gear, a shaft, 39, reversing mechanism connecting said shaft 27 with said shaft 39 and means whereby said shaft 39 is connected with said pressing member, substantially as described.

28. In a cloth-pressin g machine containing a cylinder and a pressing member, the following mechanism for operating said pressing member, Viz: a shaft, 27 means wherebythe same is driven in one direction, a shaft, 39, connections between the same and the pressin g member, and a reversing mechanism connecting said shafts, substantially as described.

29. In a cloth-pressing machine containing a cylinder and a pressing member cooperatin g therewith, in combination with said parts. the following mechanism for operating said pressing member, viz: a shaft 27 mechanism for stopping and starting said shaft, a shaft, 39, reversing mechanism interposed between said two shafts and connections between said shaft 39 and said pressing member, substantially as described.

30. In a cloth-pressing machine, in combination with a cylinder and a pressing member, the following mechanism for operating said pressing member, viz: an oscillating shaft, 23, a connection between said shaft and said pressing member, a WO1111W11661, 49. whereby said shaft is driven, a worm-shaft. 39, a shaft, 27, extending from said wormshaft to near the prime mover, the prime mover and connections between the prime mover and said shaft 27 substantially as described.

31. In a cloth-press containing a cylinder and a pressing member, in combination, a shaft, 23, a connection between the same and said pressing member, a shaft, 39, a connection between said shafts 39 and 23, a shaft. 27, a connection between said shafts 27 and 39, a prime mover, connections between said prime mover and said shaft 27 and a reversing mechanism interposed in said chain of mechanism, substantially as described.

32. In a cloth-pressing machine, in combination, the cylinder, the shaft 58 connected therewith for operating the same, a pulley running loosely upon said shaft, a pressing member and mechanism connecting said pressing member with said pulley whereby by the operation of said pulley said pressing member may be operated while said shaft remains stationary, substantially as described.

DAVID GESSNER. \Vitnesses:

ALBERT A. BARKER, XV. HENRY RAMsDELL. 

